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China urges South Korea, Japan to uphold free trade at three-way summit
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says the three countries should view each other as ‘partners and opportunities for development’.
China’s No 2 official has urged Japan and South Korea to reject protectionism and uphold globalisation as the countries kicked off their first trilateral summit in almost five years.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang made the remarks on Monday as he met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Yeok-seol in Seoul for their countries’ first three-way meeting since December 2019.
Li said the three countries should see each other as “partners and opportunities for development”, China’s state-run Xinhua reported.
“Li called for opposing turning economic and trade issues into political games or security matters, and rejecting protectionism as well as decoupling or the severing of supply chains,” Xinhua said.
On Sunday, Li said foreign companies were an “indispensable force” for China’s development and his country would always be open to such firms, Xinhua said.
China will expand market access to improve the business environment so that foreign firms “can rest assured in their investment and development in China”, Li was quoted as saying during a meeting with Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong.
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